Fandom of the Opera?

Shirley, you’re aware of the recent Timothee Chalomet contretemps involving the world of performing arts.  Even if you’re not named Shirley, surely you are aware as well?

Chalomet was speaking to Matthew McConaughey at a Variety Town Hall Event at the University of Texas about efforts to preserve cinema, and he said this:

"I don't want to be working in ballet, or opera, or things where it's like, 'Hey, keep this thing alive, even though like no one cares about this anymore.’”

An uproar ensued from concert halls, opera houses, and dance theaters from around the world.  Links to two articles about the hullabaloo are HERE and HERE.

So what is Emily Dickinson’s position on all of this?  I checked the Dickinson archive to find out!

MOVIES:  Zero entries.  LOL – no surprise here!  She never used the word “movie” in any of her poems – so take that, Timothee Chalomet!

BALLET:  Three entries popped up representing one poem, “I cannot dance upon my toes.”

OPERA:  There are eight entries representing three poems, “I cannot dance upon my toes,” “I think I was enchanted,” and “A feather from a Whippoorwill” (well, one version of this poem uses the word “opera”; another uses “stanzas”).

So which artistic endeavor is the winner?

POETRY:  LOL – I’ve pulled a fast one, no?  There are twenty-eight entries in the archive for “poetry,” representing twelve poems. Two of the more famous of the “poetry” poems are “I taste a liquor never brewed” and “The is no Frigate like a book.”
I’ll discuss a couple of these poems in the coming days!